Book Overview
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel From a new master of horror comes an apocalyptic showdown between the residents of a secluded, rural town and the deadly evil that confronts them wherever they turn . . . Evil Doesn't Die The cozy little town of Pine Deep buried the horrors of its past a long time ago. Thirty years have gone by since the darkness descended and the Black Harvest began, a time when a serial killer sheared a bloody swath through the quiet Pennsylvania village. The evil that once coursed through Pine Deep has been replaced by cheerful tourists getting ready to enjoy the country's largest Halloween celebration in what is now called "The Spookiest Town in America." It Just Grows Stronger But then--a month before Halloween--it begins. Unspeakably desecrated bodies. Inexplicable insanity. And an ancient evil walking the streets, drawing in those who would fall to their own demons and seeking to shred the very soul of this rapidly fracturing community. Yes, the residents of Pine Deep have drawn together and faced a killer before. But this time, evil has many faces--and the lust and will to rule the earth. This struggle will be epic. "Serves up scares like pancakes at a church social."--Gregory Frost "Without a doubt this prolific author is the next Stephen King. Maberry deserves more then a Bram Stoker Award for this; he deserves Bram Stoker to rise from his grave and shake his hand." --Chad Wendell, "New World Reviews" "If I were asked to select only one new voice in horror fiction to read today, it would be Jonathan Maberry."--Katherine Ramsland "A fun, fun read and creepy as hell."--Gregory Frost "If you think small town horror has nothing new to offer, you have a surprise in store. "Ghost Road Blues" demonstrates that even the most haunted town in America is unprepared for the full depth of evil, either human or inhuman."--Don D'Ammassa "Reminiscent of Stephen King. . .Maberry supplies plenty of chills in this atmospheric novel. . .This is horror on a grand scale." "Publishers Weekly""
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0786018151
ISBN13:9780786018154
Release Date:June 2006
Publisher:Kensington Publishing Corporation
Length:472 Pages
Weight:0.53 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 4.6" x 6.7"
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4 ratings
Packs a supernatural wallop with a sense of play
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Something bad is happening to the little hamlet of Pine Deep, Pennsylvania, where things that are dead are not staying dead; where a strange blight is destroying the crops; and where ghosties and ghoulies walk the streets in Jonathan Maberry's debut novel _Ghost Road Blues_. Halloween is only thirty days away, and our protagonist, Malcolm Crow, is busy with the town's annual Haunted Hayride, a carnival-type yearly event owned by Crow's childhood friend and now city mayor, Terry Wolfe. But when three bad guys blow into town amidst the resurrection of something darkly hideous that has been buried in the swamps of Dark Hollow for the past thirty years, the mayor cancels the Haunted Hayride out of concern for the citizens of Pine Deep, and instead deputizes Malcolm Crow against the haunting, creeping darkness that is apparently swallowing up this little farming community. Jonathan Maberry is a writer who's doing everything right, including writing well, with a sense of play that translates onto every page, creating sympathetic characters about whom the reader cannot help but care. Ghost Road Blues is the first installment in what is to be a trilogy. The sequel, Dead Man's Song, is slated for release in June of 2007. The series wraps up with Bad Moon Rising in June of 2008. Highly recommended.
A homerun
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is my first horror novel since high school, and I bought it thinking it was a mystery (the cover looks like a mystery novel). I was surprised to find out that the mystery is built on a supernatural story, and that the book is the first of three. Sooo...I read it anyway, and boy this guy hits a homerun out of the park on his first try. Though I would rather have had everything wrapped up in one book, I have to say that I really dug the way the plot twisted and turned.
Halloween is early this year
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry is a wonderful read, though it is not a book one would ideally read in the dead of night. It is extremely frightening at times. I found this at our library in Columbia (SC) and was enchanted by the cover illustration. Though my horror reading tastes seldom venture beyond Mary Higgens Clark, I thought I would give this a try, and I was extremely surprised to find that the novel has taste, sensitivity and well-rounded characters. The dialogue is on the money, and the story is the kind of complex, intricate weaving of plotlines that I find most challenging and rewarding. I will put Jonathan Maberry's on my "must have" list from now on.
A great novel of good and evil
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
In Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry there is a brewing battle of good vs evil in a small American town. The story takes place at the beginning of autumn, during harvest time, with creepy cornfields, threatening storms, unlighted back roads, and things leaping out at you from all sides. This is NOT a calm, kick back with a cup of tea read. Maberry's style is fast and furious, and I would recommend that anyone reading this book come prepared for blood, violence, and a million volts of pure intensity.
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